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OpenEMR before 8.5.0 Inverted Document Expiration Check Exposes PHI via FHIR Binary

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • openemr >= 0, < 8.5.0

CWE
  • CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration
CVSS
7.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Sharwinreddy, sriharsha1994
Description
OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains an inverted comparison in Document::has_expired() that causes the FHIR Binary download endpoint to treat time-limited PHI documents as unexpired after their one-hour lifetime. Authenticated users still authorized for a Binary/{id} resource can download expired bulk export NDJSON files and $docref CCDs indefinitely.

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